Progress

This is the penguin I redid for my final project. Because it was done before my presentation, it has many textures and a rig on it that has to be removed. It needs new textures, a new rig, and new constraints.

Leg with Muscles

Played with Maya Muscles a bit. IF you build a complete muscle system, you can get nice results. It is not compatible with regular smooth skins, setting it up can be quite involved. And just in case you missed the jiggle in the first jump I set it to be really jiggly for the second one.

MAY

What are you guys up to?

I know you (the current ARIL 421 students) will be presenting your plans this Wednesday, but any chance of a sneak peak?

L.A. Noire Tech demo

After beating recently Heavy Rain I've been curious about facial animations. L.A. Noire, an upcoming game from Rockstar (the GTA folks) is doing some swell things in that regard. It's almost creepy.

Fractal Sphere

This is the Animation I showed in ARIL 421 yesterday. For those interested: Mr. (or Ms.) subBlue from Glasgow, UK, has more videos posted

Surface detail from subBlue on Vimeo.

The Birds

I had seen this one before, as it was shown in the SIGGRAPH 2010 Electronic Theater. Drawn! just posted the link to the Vimeo version:

Cours Toujours - animation short film from Cours Toujours Team on Vimeo.

So, how much of it do you think was done in 3D?